MICK WAYNE info

Very good, underrated guitarist,
he had been in several bands before forming Junior's Eyes. He started his
career in a band from Hull called The Hullaballoos, around 1965:

Mick Wayne (guitar)Harry DunnRicky KnightAndy WoontonGeoff Mortimer

Although the band recorded three
singles, Mick doesn't appear in any. But he does appear in a single by
a band called The Outsiders, also in 1965. The single was 'Keep on doing
it / Songs we sang last summer', produced and penned by Jimmy Page.
I don't know other members in the band.

This band was formed by great
drummer Viv Prince after leaving Pretty Things. Also with superb keyboardist
Dave Stewart, later to play in Hatfield & The North. They released
a single in 1966: 'Go home baby / At the station'.

Next project was called The
Tickle, in 1967. Only Mick Wayne is known from the lineup. One single,
'Subway (smokey pokey world) / Good evening', released in 1967.
If someone knows the other members of this band, please send me a message!!

(Junior's Eyes: from left
to right: John Lodge, John Cambridge, Mick Wayne, Tim Renwick, Graham Kelly)

Other members of the band were John Redfern and
Steve Chapman.

They released one album, Battersea power
station, full of progressive music, but their most famous contribution
was playing (Wayne, Renwick and Cambridge) in David Bowie's famous album,
Space Oddity, because Tony Visconti was the producer for
both acts.

After the lack of success of Junior's Eyes, part
of the band was asked to back David Bowie for live concerts. The first
known lineup is:

David Bowie (vocals)

Mick Wayne (guitar, vocals)

Tim Renwick (guitar)John Lodge (bass)John Cambridge (drums)

They recorded some sessions for the BBC in 1969 under
the name David Bowie & Junior's Eyes. Soon later, they turned into
The Hype, with John Cambridge suggesting his old bandmate in The Rats,
Mick Ronson to join the band..

This period is quite unclear. Not long ago, it
was announced an album with BBC sessions, and there is a track credited
to David Bowie & The Hype, recorded in 1970, with this lineup (not
including Tim Renwick): David Bowie (vocals, guitar), Mick Ronson (guitar),
Tony Visconti (bass), John Cambridge (drums).

Finally, after many years circulating in numerous
bootleg albums, some of the Bowie BBC recordings have been officially released
in year 2000. Bowie at the Beeb is a 2CD comprising 37 tracks
recorded for the BBC between 1968 and 1972. Magnificent album, it was about
time it was available to everybody! We can hear the best Bowie, and Mick
Ronson never sounded better to me! The album contains two tracks recorded
by Bowie with Junior's Eyes on 20/October/1969: 'Let me sleep beside
you' and 'Janine'. The lineup is:

By the way, the first edition of this album includes
a 3rd bonus disk with a Bowie live concert from June/2000 (with the great
Earl Slick).

After leaving The Hype, Mick
joined Steve Peregrine Took (from T.Rex fame), as he was forming a new
band for recording again the demos he had taped with his band Shagrat (watch
Larry Wallis bio for more details).

In 1972, they recorded the song
'Amanda' (from Shagrat demo) at Olympic Studios, as well as two
more songs, 'Blind owl blues' and 'Mr. Discrete'. But the
session was finally abandoned before it was complete. The musicians stayed
together (without Took), under the mythical monicker Pink Fairies. This
was August 1972:

Sessions:As a sessionman, he appeared
in albums by James Taylor (James Taylor, his debut album,
Dec 68, with Paul McCartney and Louis Cennamo), David Bowie (Space
oddity, 1969), and in an album by a band called Ozo (Listen
to the Buddah, 1976).

There are sessions by Steve
Peregrine Took, recorded around 1972, with appearances by Twink, Mick Wayne,
Larry Wallis, Duncan Sanderson and Syd
Barrett.